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Splenic Artery Embolisation in Trauma: It is Time to Stand Alone as its Own Treatment

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  1. Department of Radiology, Alfred Hospital, Alfred Health 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia

    Warren Clements, Heather K. Moriarty & Jim Koukounaras

  2. Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

    Warren Clements, Heather K. Moriarty & Jim Koukounaras

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Clements, W., Moriarty, H.K. & Koukounaras, J. Splenic Artery Embolisation in Trauma: It is Time to Stand Alone as its Own Treatment. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 43, 1720–1721 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-020-02593-4

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